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The conclusions endorse the Joint Communication on a “New Strategic EU-India Agenda” by the High Representative and the European Commission, and its objective of deepening EU-India ties, including prosperity and sustainability, technology and innovation, security and defence, and connectivity and global issues.
The Council welcomed in particular efforts to conclude a balanced, ambitious, mutually beneficial and economically meaningful Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which the European Commission and the Indian government aim to finalise by the end of the year.
Such agreement must include enhanced market access, removal of trade barriers, and provisions on sustainable development, European Council said in a release.
Against the backdrop of an increasingly complex geopolitical o